I. Choose the right answer.

1. Is a credible story one that you (a) can easily believe, or (b) find difficult to believe?

2. If you drop someone off somewhere, do you (a) stop to let them get out of your car, or (b) knock them over with your car?

3. If you leave something behind somewhere, do you (a) want to give it to someone, or (b) forget to take it with you?

4. If you wipe out the messages in an email inbox, do you (a) put them in order, or (b) delete them?

5. Is something that is benign (a) harmful, or (b) kind and nice?

II. Translation

1.An urban myth is a story you hear by word of mouth. It usually describes something which might have happened, an apocryphal, second-hand story told as if it were true, just about plausible enough to be credible, about some event which has supposedly happened to a real person.

2. 不论是真是假，都市神话依赖的是讲故事的技巧和来源的可靠性，比如“这件事发生在我弟弟的朋友的母亲的身上。